Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
Update: Pouring rain, intense lightning and thunder. High winds. If my power goes out, I'll flip the f*ck out. I need that AC.
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What's the weather like in your neck of the woods?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Monsoon season. You look forward for the storms late afternoon to help cool it off.. miserable like Florida the next day
Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
Yeah, pretty much what @CurSedVoyce said. That's actually pretty spot on. It already getting pretty humid last night. You could smell the rain strongly before it ever showed up. Nowhere else in the world have I been able the smell the oncoming and arriving rains more strongly than Arizona. This is a very real phenomenon that used to allow our ancestors to find water. We humans are not famous for our olfactory prowess, yet we can reportedly detect the signature musk of geosmin (the smell of oncoming rains) in concentrations as low as 100 parts per trillion. To put that in perspective, sharks' famous blood sniffing snouts can only suss out one part per million in seawater.
Had sweat pouring off of me at work. Sometimes made the stakes too wet to write on. Home now. Gonna try shortening some grass. It really needs it, but I'm really unmotivated. I'd like to get a little done, but maybe not all of it.
Burnham
Woods walker
Nasty conditions for outdoor work.
John, you maybe should consider replacing your grass with some other ground cover, since you dislike it as you do.
You could go all southwestern on it...rocks, gravels, boulders, all in an artful mix. No water required, and no mowing
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John, you maybe should consider replacing your grass with some other ground cover, since you dislike it as you do.
You could go all southwestern on it...rocks, gravels, boulders, all in an artful mix. No water required, and no mowing
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CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Something to be said about zero scape
I planted clover this year, but the results were underwhelming. I do have a good feeling about it though. I'm thinking 10# of seed every year for about 5 years will give me a nice thick coat of clover that'll mostly choke out the grass. Grows very slowly, and provides food for a lot of critters. Grass is useless for anything unless you grow it long and cut it for hay or something.Nasty conditions for outdoor work.
John, you maybe should consider replacing your grass with some other ground cover, since you dislike it as you do.
You could go all southwestern on it...rocks, gravels, boulders, all in an artful mix. No water required, and no mowing
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Oh, and if anyone's interested, the wildflower seeds I planted did nothing. I think that's about seven times I planted "seed". Pretty sure I'm right about them just being packs of sawdust.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Hot as molten fudge and air so wet you could drink it virtually no breeze.
stikine
Treehouser
Sounds pleasant my friend... not. Gorgeous day here today fwiw. 😁
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Summer hibernation
flushcut
TreeHouser
Oh yeah it was awesome!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
High of 76 today
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Gonna drive to the coast for that
Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
This has been one of the worst heat waves in Arizona history. People have been engaging in "car cooking," where they bake food items on the dashboards of their cars. Apparently you can bake a pizza in 2 hours and cookies in 3..5 hours haha Today we're getting polluted air warnings. Thanks, California! We love breathing your smog! (I realize that the pollution isn't all California's fault, but where's the fun in that?) =-D
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Let me know when it hits over 121*
I rolled copper for a house out in full sun that day.....
I rolled copper for a house out in full sun that day.....
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Our smog comes from Mex
Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
Finish that damn border wall and you won't have any! *joking*
Mrs.B
Treehouser
There's a 30,000 acre wildfire in the Mojave. I'm sure arizona must be getting the smoke.
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
After 4 straight days of mid-90s and 1,000,000 percent humidiity, finally cooled off today to a pleasant 74 degrees and sunny. Heading out to deal with yard projects (trees and wood)...
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Convert windmills to fans to blow south 😆
Might have a saw get together after Christmas is ya wanna come over…hope to get a chance to hit your mountains more this summer.
Knotorious
That Guy With The Face
That sounds like a good time. I'll have to see what I'm doing at that time, but I'll definitely go hang out if I'm able. Remind me again in around October so I don't forget. I've actually never been to California, so that would be a worthwhile experience.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
This part of Ca is about the same as that part of AZ 😆. Coast is 2 hr further.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
2 1/4" rain on Saturday. Been getting regular rain since first of July. Good thing we were real dry before.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
More weirdness. Wind storm in the middle of the night, was out fixing the fence cuz it was slamming around. Trees blowing all over, from the SE which is unusual. Hot and dry. Lighting and thunder no rain. Dead still and filthy air this morning. Trees and branches down here and there.
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